This half term in Maths, we have been focusing on our number skills.
We have been working hard to perfect our number formation using our number rhymes to help us.
We have been practising representing numbers in different ways.
Then we used the language ‘more’ and ‘fewer’ to compare amounts and have practised identifying 1 more and 1 less. We used bead strings, dice and counters to help us. The most exciting lesson was where we rolled dice, subitised the value on their face and then entered the numbers we rolled into a Purple Mash pictogram. Much fun was had. The children discussed which table rolled the most threes, the fewest ones and so on. “We rolled fewer sixes!”
This week we have been practising regrouping numbers in to 2 parts and showing on a part part whole model.
How to help at home
- Practise reading numbers when out and about e.g. door numbers, on drain covers.
- When eating dinner compare the amounts of different types of food on everyone’s plates e.g. who has more pasta? How do you know?
- Count how many crisps (or other snack) you have – practise identifying 1 less each time you eat one.
- Use your toys to represent numbers in different ways. Can you split them in to 2 parts and record on a part part whole model?
- Play Numbots to help improve your number fluency skills.